Sparrow by L.J. Shen

Sparrow by L.J. Shen

The cover is kind of misleading. I first thought the book was a fantasy kind of book but it wasn't.

It was brutally amazing. There're mix elements in this book. There's romance, thriller, mystery, and dark. It'll fill your need for darkness and mystery but also offer you romance.

This book is about a girl named Sparrow who was forced to marry the most dangerous man in town, Troy. They never met, never talk, and never be in any relationship until one day, Troy kidnapped Sparrow to his penthouse for weeks and finally showed up to order her to marry him. Not allowed to say no, Sparrow was marrying a man she barely knew.

However, as time goes by, she questions Troy's motive to marry her and the secret that she will soon find out was both terrifying and cruel. It will break them apart but will they be stronger?

This book is written in both Sparrow's and Troy's POV which is amazing. Being able to read different perceptive allows the readers to understand and to connect with the characters better.

A few quotes from this book that I thought was amazing was:

Real love was cancer. All it took was one blink, and it would spread inside you like wildfire and consume you. But that was okay, because I had a feeling that unlike cancer, real love didn’t die. Ever.” 

“Is it possible to feel your heart breaking, even when you’re falling in love?” 

“Guilt was a thief. It would steal your mind, mess with your priorities and would eventually steer you from your original plan."

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Fixed on You (Fixed #1)

Fixed on You (Fixed #1)

When two different people meet each other, can they find common ground? Hudson and Alayna.
Hudson loves to play with women: make them fall in love with him then leaves. Alayna loves the idea of being loved and love to some extent that makes her crazy and likes to stalk the man.

Both of them came together under some unusual situation but both of them cannot keep their eyes off each other. It was a beautiful loves story of two broken people that came together. Despite their love for one another, there are still many mysteries and secrets between them that are not uncovered in the first book.

It was a super easy and quick read, one you can just slip right into. It was both thrilling to read and heart warming to experience.

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Forever with You (Fixed #3)

Forever with You (Fixed #3)

This book was a bittersweet moment for me. It was because I know it's the last book and I am a sucker at saying goodbye to the characters. I hate it, always have. Do any of you feel the same? You get so excited about the book that you rushed through it but when you are at the end, it's so hard to let all the characters, the story, the world, the feelings you felt when you are in the book, and the connect go. You think after reading so many books that it will become easier, hell no. It's harder and harder each time.

Anyways, back to the book. I felt that in this book, the chemistry between Alayna and Hudson is pushed aside. There were more conflict. They spent less time together compare to the first and second book. However, towards the end, every secret came clear. It was so heartbreaking and I was torn. The love they had slowly just faded out and it was so scary. Hudson was broken but Alayna was shattered.

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Found in You (Fixed #2)

Found in You (Fixed #2)

The second book to the Fixed series was more complex. There was more drama and incidences. However, these drama reveals more of the characters bit by bit. Readers get to know the characters more as they go along. 

The characters seem more personal now and the connection between the readers and the characters felt real. It's easier to slip into Alayna's mind set and think like she does.

The end of it was short and sweet, making the readers dying to dive into the next book.

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Afterburn & Aftershock (Jax & Gia #1-2)

Afterburn & Aftershock (Jax & Gia #1-2)

I really like Sylvia Day's writing. She always has a way to capture the hearts of her readers and make them want more. An absolute page turner. 

Gia loved Jax but he left her a few years ago. Now that he is back, she is facing a dilemma on how she could accept him again. Things went ugly but the complication of their relationship was not as intense as Eva and Gideon's. Nonetheless, their love for each other cannot be compared. It's an amazing love story of a lucky guy who got his second change and a brave girl who followed her heart.

Unlike Crossfire, this series only have two books. It's short but sweet. The chemistry in this book was so raw but buried under many complications. As pages are flipped, layers after layers of the complication slowly fade away. It was a very easy read. The story line is fabulous and the writing is brutally heart melting.

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One with You (Crossfire #5)

One with You (Crossfire #5)

I don't know what to feel about the last book of the series. Guessing it's the last, I expected something more. Not to say I'm disappointed, I'm not. I just wished there was more of something to it.

First of all, this whole series was amazing. It was not just about sex. It was about two very broken people coming together and becoming so strong for each other and for themselves. Broken does not mean worthless. Broken does not mean unfix-able. Broken does not mean its the end. Gideon and Eva fix each other's broken past. This is not your normal fairy tale story. Both Gideon and Eva did not have a good Once Upon a Time, but they sure worked their way up to a wonderful Happy Ever After.

Like the fourth book, it was one chapter of Eva's POV and another of Gideon's. In this book, the readers got to understand Gideon better. The love between them became raw and genuine. Readers get to jump back and forth between the two characters and understand them better in their perspective as well as experiencing the love that Gideon and Eva had for each other.

What I love about this book is that it taught us that love does not only mean you will spend a lifetime with them, be with them through tough times, hold them when they are sad and scared, cherish them, and fight to keep them safe but also believing in them, without needing proof or evidence because their words are enough. What I think I was expecting in this book was the wedding. The whole book revolved around Eva and Gideon preparing for their public wedding with their family but I didn't really feel the wedding bells when the time came. After building up a story rich with wedding detail, the wedding went by faster than probably the sex. It was sad. I wanted to be in Gideon's mind when he saw Eva walked down the aisle. I wanted to be in Eva's mind when Gideon says his vows.

Nonetheless, I love this series. It made me scream, cry, and it tear me apart while still fixing the pieces. It was beautiful. The unconditional love was unbearable. It made the classic fairy tale seem too simple. Life isn't simple and this book proofs that.

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Captive by You (Crossfire #4)

Captive by You (Crossfire #4)

I cannot. It's like running a marathon reading this book. The emotion is like the hills and the complexity of Eva life is like the storm.

This book was different from the first three. In this book, we have a chapter of Eva's POV than a chapter of Gideon's POV. It's so nice and warmly to know what Gideon thinks of Eva because we know how madly in love Eva is with Gideon from the first three books so in this book, we got to understand Gideon a lot more and really uncover layers of him that was so secret to us before. Knowing him more now, his love for Eva is beyond compare. I don't think anyone should settle for anything less if they had someone who loves them as much as Gideon loves Eva.

It's a book that will keep you up on your feet and excited for the next book but knowing the next will be the last is bittersweet.

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Entwined with You (Crossfire #3)

Entwined with You (Crossfire #3)

No words except I wish I have Eva's life.

Firstly, I know there is a lot of sex in adult books but I think I am more attracted to the Alpha male romance. I like how men can be so protective of what is theirs. It's hard to find someone like that anymore because not many really love someone enough to have to need them more.

Secondly, can we talk about all the feels? It's so breathtaking to find a man so in love with a woman that he is willing to do anything for her. He may dominate a lot of things in life but when it comes to her, he is on his knees.

Gideon taught me something about love in this book. He said it right out of my mouth with his perfect words, words that I can't fandom together. Love can be built and it can be tear down. Love comes and love goes. Loving someone is different from needing them as if you need air. 

Sylvia Day has a way of writing that will make her readers hungry for more. It's incredible. I work up at 3 a.m. to finish the book because sleeping without knowing the ending kills me even in my sleep.

A very quick post Fifty Shades and The Royals fix. For sure.

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Reflected by You (Crossfire #2)

Reflected by You (Crossfire #2)

Another page turner. Seriously, I need therapy after this. The emotions are so raw and bare. I feel so naked inside reading it. It turned my feelings under, over, and all around. It leaves your stomach flat and your heart bare.

This book reveals more of who Gideon is but it also shows who both of them are individually. In the beginning of the book, both of them were too consumed with each other but after something happened, they separated. In some way, it was healthy to have some space but it was hell for both of them (and for me to read, honestly). When they were apart, they each found who they were and what they mean to each other.

I would say the feelings in the book is more attachable because we have lived in Eva's mind for an entire book before and understand her better now. Sylvia really knows how to get her readers feel involved. She knows just the word to fill you with excitement and joy but she also knows how to break you.

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Bared to You (Crossfire #1)

Bared to You (Crossfire #1)

What even?

I am sorry for all the adult fiction novels that I have been reviewing and I swear, I do read other YA books. This book is so mixed with feelings and reading it just flattens my stomach. It's sort of a mix between Fifty Shades and The Royals saga.

This book is about a girl named Eva who moved to New York to work in an ad company. She left her mother and her stepfather, who she loved, but wants some space from them. She had a rough past. Her mother had her but didn't marry her biological father because of money. Her mother found someone rich enough and they married but it turned out to be a nightmare for Eva, one that will scar her for life.

Gideon Cross is the man every girl will kneel down for- good looking, rich, well built, not to mention hot as hell. However, he, too, has a past that is both dark and dangerous. When both of them met, things changed. Eva could not get him out of her head. He could not stay out of her life. When they found each other, nothing could break them except for their past.

It's a very dark and mysterious novel that is wrapped with romance, pure love, and warmth. It was a really good and easy read. The characters felt real and the book was so complete. Eva is a very strong female character that I really like. She is vulnerable yet have so much drive in her. She is broken but she refuses to be shatter to pieces. She is like this sculpture of broken glass pieced together, fragile and breakable but strong and still standing. Gideon is just as broken but for Eva, he is willing to fix him for the possibility of them.

Brutally amazing- one that can make you scream and shout with all the feelings that you don't even know how to handle.

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Crave Me, Convert Me, and Capture Me

Crave Me, Convert Me, and Capture Me

The first book was stunning. The second book caught me off guard. The third book had me in awe.
I have to say: I cannot count the number of times my stomach flatten and butterflied in me, nor the number of time I find my thoughts twisting it's way back into the book as if I was in it and the characters were my friends, nor the number of times I giggled to myself or cry in silent for all the emotions that were unleashed in these books.

The first book is about Belle, Clare's best friend, finding herself again after her fiance, Phil cheated on her. She swore not to let any man decide who she is and she decides no to let any man get in her way of becoming what she wants to be. The promise to herself lasted until she met Smith Prince. He is a gorgeously hot lawyer who is seeking for a personal assistant. Belle stubble into his office, prepared for anything but him.

She got the job but she also swore to herself and to him that they will not sleep together. Little did she know that both of them were tied together the first time they each lay eyes on one another.

It was so beautifully written. Smith has a way to make you feel so loved even though you are not Belle. He is like Christian Grey but more dominating. His jealousy levels will make you want to scoop in him in your arms but will prey on his jealousy a while longer, just to see how much he wants it. Pleasure in torture.

The second book was mentally good. It had all the elements of love, friendship, and mystery. Even though both Belle and Prince fell apart, they become stronger together. Seeing how the charterers change and grow each passing page is both satisfying and warming to heart because your imagination of what the charterers are, growing along with them, and your mind slowly forms this image of what they are and before you know it, they are like a friend that you are obsessed of.

The third book was unrealistically good. I felt my stomach flatten, my heart sank to the bottom of the floor, and the feels were running all over my system. How can something be so good and addicting?

It wasn't the sex part that draws me towards the book, but the romance and love that drowned me in it. I have never read or seen anyone love another so deeply and passionately. This book will undo all your expectation of love in the future but one can always hope and dream.

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Crown Me

Crown Me

The mystery, betrayal, danger, and of course romance in this book is the next level. I cannot handle. It's hard for me to discuss the book without spoilers but I will try my best. One thing I will say is that: IT IS THE BEST. Utterly overwhelmed by all the feelings.




Every girl deserves to be treated like a princess by men but a queen to the one and only. Alexander does whatever he can to make Clare know that she is not only the Queen of England but also his queen. Their love makes all fairy tale love story seem staged because this story tells the true complication of relationships that often get interfered by duties, friends, and our history. The love that they share sets a whole new level of expectation of love in real life. Its sad to know that not everyone gets to have an Alexander in their life and not every one is lucky enough to ever find one but this book did spark hope that love does exists and when in love, love fearlessly, bravely, and completely because the worth of loving overrides all the pain and danger that comes with it.

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Conquer Me

Conquer Me

Apart form sleeping and watching PLL on the screen on a 22 hour flight, I was reading Conquer Me. Good choice but bad timing. I was laughing, giggling, and smiling like an idiot to myself. I swear the girl next to me thinks I'm crazy.

This book- not as great as the first one- but still was brilliant. It's amazing how Alexander changed for Clare, and how Clare grew stronger because she loves him. I am all for a retell in the Beauty and the Beast story. Alexander finally lets go of the beast inside of him and accepts that his duties and responsibilities and the next King in line were far less important that having Clare in his life. Clare could not accept being his secret. She doesn't want the name nor to be Queen but she does want him. She wants him to not be afraid and to love her as deeply as she loves him.

The feels:



I was craving for more. it was a brilliant book. Beautifully written.

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Command Me

Command Me

Who doesn't want to be a princess? No that was the wrong question. Who doesn't want to fall in love with a prince?

Clare falls in love with someone she could never have, someone she could never be with, and someone who will destroy her like he promised. Alexander, the prince of England, has Clare on her knees for her. Alexander is crazy over her too and the two of them can not take their hands off each other, literally. However, the royal family disagree with Clare and urge Alexander to find a Royal princess, not just some degree student. Things fall apart and the world Clare built in her head with Alexander is torn to pieces.

This book :



Alexander is the British Christian Grey. He is a freaking prince. Like Christian, Alexander, too has his own dark secret and demons that haunt him in his head. Ever since, Princess Sarah, his sister, passed from a car accident, Alexander has not been the same. He doesn't love anymore and doesn't trust that he is capable of love. Clare is so innocent, full of surprises, and utterly brave. She has a past with eating disorder which I can relate to. Even if you don't have a history of eating disorder, Clare is very easy to relate to in the book. She wants what all women want, love.

If you just finished Fifty Shades, this book will be amazing and satisfying. If you read Fifty Shades before and wish for more, this book will fill you up, no doubt.

What's with women desiring for dark love?

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Grey- EL James

GREY- E.L James

In this book, you really get to see the behind the scene. E.L. James is brilliant. Somehow, I don't know if it's just me, but Christian sounds like a teenage boy in his head.It's very sad actually to hear him talk about his pain and watch his nightmares.

I love the part where he describes Ana and I totally adore the email part. He can get very distracted with his job when Ana is around and even more distracted when she is not around. I wonder how his business survives in the real world *jokes*

Though his eyes, you get the whole story wrapped up in your hand. You get the read about his relationship with Mia and Elliot, his relationship with Elena, and his relationship with his past. After reading this book, you will be sure to have all your question answered: who is Christian talking on the phone, what are they talking about, what is "the situation" that Christian has to handle when he was in Georgia with Ana, and everything else that make the whole trilogy complete.

The book ends with Thursday, the first day Ana and Christian meet again after the break up to go see Jose at Portland. I was screaming inside. I want and need the second book. I was so desperate that I even emailed E L James. No joke. I reread the whole trilogy again because I could not let myself say goodbye to those characters yet. I was not ready to let go of this world of Christian Grey. I was not ready to put down the emotion and the connection that I had with the story. It's bittersweet.

Lets all finger cross that there will be more books to come on Christian and Ana. Also, the movie: Fifty Shades of Darker will be out February 10, 2017. Still a long way but it's worth the wait.

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Fifty Shades of Freed

Fifty Shades of Freed 

It's the last book of the series and I am mentally and emotionally not ready
I mean, it's a 500+ pages book, only 200+ more than the first two but it's still not enough. I cannot contain this type of emotions.

Okay, lets break it through.

The beginning of the story was quite foggy, to be honest. We dive into Ana's dream a lot and I get confused over what is really and what is not. Let's face it everything in Ana's life seems like a dream to me.

I love how in this book, she is his Mrs. It's very fascinating to see how much she has grown and how strong of a voice she has now over him. It tickles my heart to see how much both of them need each other yet so dangerous when they are together.

However, since she said yes to him, I cannot shake off the feeling that she also lost her freedom to not be his anymore. You get me? Not that I don't want them together but I want to see more drama between them and I want to see how Christian goes crazy over her. The jealousy is making my heart melt.  I also find it so interesting to watch Christine and Ana fighting but making out later. They do it too when they are married it's just different because now that she is Mrs. Grey, he has this thing over her that she can no longer say no for. I hope that makes sense. If you have not read this book then it might mean nothing to you but if you read it , you feel my pain.

I love living in Ana's mindset a lot, throughout the whole series, I truly do. She is very strong yet innocent, fierce yet sweet, flirty yet knows what she wants. I would LOVE tho, to read a trilogy in Christine's point of view. I bet every breathing soul would agree.

The last bit where the author let us into Christine's mind when he first met Ana was magical. That is all I have to say and can say. * secretly laughing and uncontrollably smiling behind the keyboards of my laptop.

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